REG/ WITH THE PARIS SUMMIT, THE EU BALKAN CONNECTIVITY AGENDA TAKES SHAPE

   The Western Balkans Summit 2016, which occurred on 4 July in Paris, saw several historic decisions.
   Given that in 2014 then-incoming EU Commissioner Juncker stated that there would be no EU
   enlargement until at least 2020, the Paris event was the latest in a series (following the Berlin and
   Vienna summits) meant to keep up regional EU momentum, in the absence of actual enlargement.
   The next such event will occur in Rome in 2017.
 

  As regards connectivity, the Paris summit was an opportunity for the participants to agree upon a list of
  three new railway projects, which will receive EU co-financing of almost €100mn in addition to
  financing, from international financial institutions and the national budgets of the Western Balkan
  participants... (link)